Someday do we have to pay for twitter? what is its real value?
I would like to continue with a comment I wrote in Paul’s blog about the fact that Twitter Japan is planning to charge for its service. Si....
29 Nov 2:31 am  from  zuco   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Twitter Paid Account Plan Clearly Denied By Digital Garage
Official Twitter Japan blog [J] just wrote about their local partner Digital Garage’s announcement, which negates the news reported Twitte....
28 Nov 10:17 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
24 yo Woman Broadcasts Her Death Leap
Stickam Japan is a personal video streaming service, a Japanese version of US Stickam.com, which is said to be owned by Japanese. Today on S....
28 Nov 5:20 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Spiders
I remember about fifteen years ago, it was on the news here in Japan that some Australian Redback Spiders were seen in Western Japan. And th....
27 Nov 11:24 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mom Has Daughter’s Baby in Nagano
Dr. Yahiro Nezu of the Suwa Maternity Clinic, along with the mother and daughter, spoke with reporters about the procedure and pregnancy. T....
26 Nov 2:51 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nagoya Cops take a walk on the wild side -Not under the covers, but undercover
The Aichi prefectural police have given new meaning to the term “undercover cop.” In an attempt to foil purse-snatchers, male officers a....
26 Nov 1:56 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Anime Industry in Japan
Sounds like tough times for the anime industry – that’s why I’m all for supporting the creators! ....
26 Nov 5:00 am  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese man marries video game character
A Japanese man flew all the way to Guam to legally marry Nene Anegasaki, his virtual girlfriend who is a character on the dating simulator ....
25 Nov 3:00 am  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Thanksgiving Week Special Edition
Note: This is a news and opinion blog on the happenings in Okinawa Japan, the Far East and whatever the heck else that I want to write about....
24 Nov 4:39 pm  from  Okinawa Expatriate   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Virtual world Ameba Pigg to go English next spring in Americanized version
Tokyo-based (and listed) web juggernaut CyberAgent’s virtual world Ameba Pigg [JP] has proven to be a veritable success here in Japan sin....
24 Nov 11:04 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Man Arrested with 15 Lizards Strapped to Chest at LAX
“A man was arrested at LAX for trying to smuggle 15 live lizards into the United States by strapping them to his chest….Agents say the ....
24 Nov 6:00 am  from  Daily Bento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
News #93 – JapanesePod101.com Would Like to Give Thanks for All Our Listeners This Holiday!
Family, friends, good food, prosperity…all things we give thanks for at this joyful time of year. And JapanesePod101.com has our own list ....
22 Nov 6:30 pm  from  JapanesePod101   [Profile]  [Recent] 
President Obama Bows To Japanese Emperor
Barack Obama is no stranger to controversy – his whole presidential campaign revolved around that, if you remember. More so, this is not....
22 Nov 7:11 am  from  Geisha Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
November is Sumo Season in Fukuoka
November is always Sumo season in Fukuoka as the Grand  Sumo Tournament goes to town for the Kyushu Basho.  Sumo tickets are expensive and....
21 Nov 11:16 pm  from  Fukuoka Dreaming   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘Runaway Sites’ Latest Exploitation of Young Girls
Desperate measures: A cell phone in Shibuya, Tokyo, shows an 'iede saito' (runaway site), where runaway girls post requests for a place to s....
21 Nov 4:32 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ugly Legend
(DISCLAIMER: The following is the English approximation of an article which was originally published in the November 10th issue of Spa! Dire....
21 Nov 11:39 am  from  Tokyoscum   [Profile]  [Recent] 
History timeline
By no ways a complete list, but here is a timeline of some highlights of world history. Japan-related dates are written in red. 1281: Mongo....
21 Nov 11:33 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Foreigners amazed by giant garbage claw
Some of Asahi TV’s foreign reporter team, visits a trash processing facility near Tokyo Bay and gets to see a giant claw in action: The ....
21 Nov 9:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Osaka-based Consultancy Forms A Network Giving Entrepreneurs Many Cost-Savings & Various Supports
Tokyo-, Osaka- and Shanghai-based business consultancy providing support for start-up companies, Akinai Research Institute[J] just introduc....
21 Nov 3:01 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Google Books Gives Up To Cover Japanese Publication To Avoid Int’l Legal Conflicts
Google submitted a revised settlement to the NY Federal Court Friday seeking approval of an agreement that would clear the way for continui....
20 Nov 8:15 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ocean Warming Causes Jellyfish to Swarm Japan’s Northern Waters
A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within m....
20 Nov 1:00 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mobile Factory Takes Over Photo Recognition Mobile App From J-Magic
Tokyo-based mobile tech start-up developing photo recognition apps, J-Magic[J] is now said to shut down its business and office very shortl....
20 Nov 12:10 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Okinawa to Guam? Possibly…
John Roos and Katsuya Okada The United States reiterated its demand Tuesday that Japan implement a 2006 bilateral pact on the transfer of a ....
18 Nov 9:10 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rakuten Subsidises Electronic Money Service Edy
BitWallet, Inc. [J], a company has been running Edy [J] since 2001, will allocate new stocks to a third party at the end of this year, abou....
18 Nov 1:40 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What is photography?
Photography is the only art capable of capturing the Present from the stream of the river of time; from which we can only grasp the constant....
17 Nov 4:10 pm  from  zuco   [Profile]  [Recent] 
News In Manga Style – Two Manga-News Sites Show Up
Two manga-style news are launching within a month in Japan. Manga no Shimbun Manga no Shimbun(Manga Newspaper) is a website offers news in....
17 Nov 2:15 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lightin’ up
Image credit: Yomiuri Online For a good cause Seems like castles all over Japan have been trying to out light up each other of late. And all....
16 Nov 8:44 pm  from  Japanese Castle Explorer   [Profile]  [Recent] 
News #92 – Are You Looking for the ULTIMATE Way to Get Started Learning Japanese Now?!
Look no further because your search has finally ended! JapanesePod101.com has put together an incredible package just for you! And the best ....
15 Nov 6:30 pm  from  JapanesePod101   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Marriage Fraud Case Forces Rakuten To Push Back Service Release
Recently in Tokyo, there was a marriage fraud case that a woman is suspected of having murdered her several boyfriends.   According to se....
15 Nov 6:46 am  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Obama Makes Concession on Marine Base – Tokyo, Japan
President Obama and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan at the Kantei on Friday. In an effort to mend fences with Japan, President Obama ....
13 Nov 11:56 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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